Masorah

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Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish tradition
biblical tradition
textual tradition
aimsTo ensure accurate transmission
maintain uniformity of biblical text
prevent textual corruption
appliesTo consonantal text of the Hebrew Bible
public Torah reading
vocalized text of the Hebrew Bible
associatedWith Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
concerns Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Tanakh
developedBy Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
distinguishedFrom Halakhah
linked to: Halakha

Midrash
geographicRegion Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Tiberias
historicalPeriod Geonic era
linked to: Geonic period

early Middle Ages
includes Masorah finalis
Masorah magna
linked to: Masorah

Masorah parva
linked to: Masorah

Masoretic Text
linked to: Leningrad Codex

Masoretic notes
linked to: Masorah

cantillation marks
orthographic traditions
qere and ketiv readings
vocalization system
influenced Jewish biblical commentary
Jewish liturgy
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
language Hebrew
primaryFunction preservation of authoritative biblical text
preservation of interpretation
preservation of pronunciation
standardization of scriptural text
transmission of authoritative biblical text
relatedConcept Hebrew cantillation
Jewish biblical exegesis
Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah

Tiberian vocalization
religiousContext Rabbinic Judaism
transmissionMode oral tradition
scribal tradition
written marginal notes
usedBy Jewish liturgical readers
Jewish scribes
rabbinic scholars

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabbinic Judaism hasConcept Masorah
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia usesTextType Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia hasComponent Masoretic vocalization
linked to: Masorah
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia hasComponent Masoretic accentuation
linked to: Masorah
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia hasComponent Masorah parva
linked to: Masorah
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia hasComponent Masorah magna
linked to: Masorah
Books of Kings preservedIn Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Ethan the Ezrahite textualTradition Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Te'amim partOf Masoretic Text tradition
subject linked to: te'amim
linked to: Masorah
Te'amim developedBy Masoretes
subject linked to: te'amim
linked to: Masorah
Te'amim relatedTo Masoretic vocalization
subject linked to: te'amim
linked to: Masorah
Ephron the Hittite scripturalTradition Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Revised Standard Version usesTextualBasisOldTestament Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Megillat Esther textualTradition Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Habakkuk textualTradition Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Boaz mentionedIn Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Masorah associatedWith Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
Masorah developedBy Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
Masorah includes Masoretic notes
linked to: Masorah
Masorah includes Masorah parva
linked to: Masorah
Masorah includes Masorah magna
linked to: Masorah
Masorah relatedConcept Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah
Mikraot Gedolot contains Masorah
BHS subject Masoretic tradition
linked to: Masorah
Leningrad Codex tradition Masoretic tradition
linked to: Masorah
Leningrad Codex hasFeature Masorah parva
linked to: Masorah
Leningrad Codex hasFeature Masorah magna
linked to: Masorah
Tiberian cantillation associatedWith Masoretic schools
linked to: Masorah
Ta'amei ha-mikra componentOf Masorah
subject linked to: ta'amei ha-mikra
Ta'amei ha-mikra developedBy Masoretes
subject linked to: ta'amei ha-mikra
linked to: Masorah
Babylonian cantillation associatedWith Masoretic tradition
linked to: Masorah
Masoretic Text developedBy Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
Masoretic Text standardizedBy Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
Masoretic Text feature Masorah parva
linked to: Masorah
Masoretic Text feature Masorah magna
linked to: Masorah
Masoretic Text notableSchool Palestinian Masoretic school
linked to: Masorah